Dispatch asyncAfter for multiple UIAlertControllers - ios

Question

I have a dispatch async where I expect 4 alerts pop up on the screen..and then each get dismissed before a new alert is to be shown. (I've set a 3 second delay in between my Alert)
class ViewController: UIViewController {
var counter = 1
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
for _ in 1...4{
DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 3.0 * Double(counter) , execute: {
print("called")
self.showAlert()
})
}
}
func showAlert(){
let alert = UIAlertController(title: "sampleTitle \(counter)", message: "sampleMessage \(counter)", preferredStyle: .alert)
let action = UIAlertAction(title: "OK", style: .default, handler: nil)
alert.addAction(action)
counter += 1
if self.presentedViewController != nil {
dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
UIApplication.topViewController()?.present(alert, animated: true, completion: nil)
}else{
UIApplication.topViewController()?.present(alert, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}
}
Problem1: But for some reason the entire for loop is executed without any delay in between. I'm guessing I'm not understanding something about main queue being a serial queue.
Problem2: And I also get the following logs in my console, even though I'm dismissing the presentedViewController.
called
called
called
called
2017-06-26 11:10:57.000 topViewAndAlertTest[3360:210226] Warning: Attempt to dismiss from view controller <topViewAndAlertTest.ViewController: 0x7fe630c03350> while a presentation or dismiss is in progress!
2017-06-26 11:10:57.001 topViewAndAlertTest[3360:210226] Warning: Attempt to present <UIAlertController: 0x7fe630c04180> on <UIAlertController: 0x7fe630f06fe0> while a presentation is in progress!
2017-06-26 11:10:57.001 topViewAndAlertTest[3360:210226] Warning: Attempt to dismiss from view controller <topViewAndAlertTest.ViewController: 0x7fe630c03350> while a presentation or dismiss is in progress!
2017-06-26 11:10:57.001 topViewAndAlertTest[3360:210226] Warning: Attempt to present <UIAlertController: 0x7fe630c06b40> on <UIAlertController: 0x7fe630f06fe0> while a presentation is in progress!
FYI My topviewcontroller is using the code from this answer
Problem3: Only 2 alerts pop...I never see the 3rd, 4th alerts!
EDIT:
After rmaddy's suggestion, my errors are slightly changed:
called
called
called
called
2017-06-26 11:59:33.417 topViewAndAlertTest[4834:441163] Warning: Attempt to dismiss from view controller <topViewAndAlertTest.ViewController: 0x7fb596d05a30> while a presentation or dismiss is in progress!
2017-06-26 11:59:33.417 topViewAndAlertTest[4834:441163] Warning: Attempt to dismiss from view controller <topViewAndAlertTest.ViewController: 0x7fb596d05a30> while a presentation or dismiss is in progress!
I get 2 less warnings. But still: As soon as alert 1 is on screen, alert 2 dismisses it and that's it! No delay no 3rd,4th alert!

Answer 1

Details
xCode 8.3.2, Swift 3.1
Full Code
import UIKit
class ViewController: UIViewController {
var counter = 1
private var alertViewController: UIAlertController?
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
DispatchQueue.global(qos: .utility).async {
for _ in 1...4 {
sleep(2)
DispatchQueue.main.async {
print("called")
self.showAlert()
}
}
}
}
private func createAlertView() -> UIAlertController {
let alertViewController = UIAlertController(title: "sampleTitle \(counter)", message: "sampleMessage \(counter)", preferredStyle: .alert)
let action = UIAlertAction(title: "OK", style: .default, handler: nil)
alertViewController.addAction(action)
return alertViewController
}
func showAlert(){
let presentAlert = {
DispatchQueue.main.async { [weak self] in
if let _self = self {
_self.alertViewController = _self.createAlertView()
UIApplication.topViewController()?.present(_self.alertViewController!, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}
}
DispatchQueue.main.async { [weak self] in
if let alertViewController = self?.alertViewController {
alertViewController.dismiss(animated: true) {
presentAlert()
}
} else {
presentAlert()
}
self?.counter += 1
}
}
}
extension UIApplication {
class func topViewController(base: UIViewController? = (UIApplication.shared.delegate as! AppDelegate).window?.rootViewController) -> UIViewController? {
if let nav = base as? UINavigationController {
return topViewController(base: nav.visibleViewController)
}
if let tab = base as? UITabBarController {
if let selected = tab.selectedViewController {
return topViewController(base: selected)
}
}
if let presented = base?.presentedViewController {
return topViewController(base: presented)
}
return base
}
}